A man was killed in Redondo Beach late Friday when he stepped in front of a car on Artesia Boulevard, police said.

The man was trying to cross the street about two blocks west of Inglewood Avenue about 8:10 p.m. He stepped in front of a car traveling east and was killed, said Redondo Beach police Sgt. Phil Keenan. His name has not been released.

The driver stopped immediately after hitting the pedestrian and was not cited at the scene.

The pedestrian may have been a transient, according to Keenan. He was Latino, approximately 55 years old and 5 feet 7 inches tall. He had salt-and-pepper, shoulder-length hair and was wearing a black shirt and gray pants.